*Material: Images of remains of the Oseberg Viking Ship, a model of an Arab shipping vessel, A Roman ship found at Nemi, and several drawings of a Carrack (heavy Italian trading ship) and of the Nina (a Caravel) and Santa Maria (a Carrack, also) of Christopher Columbus.[All at Artstor]

Week 10:

Monday 10/31: Ã¢â‚¬Å“FeudalismÃ¢â‚¬Â (again) - Life in the 10th Century

These five class days are flexible and open to a class vote.Students in the past have chosen topics ranging from music to paleography to popular religion.I am willing to do almost anything, though I do have my personal favorites.

Week 12:

Monday 11/14: Pre-Christian Celts - Society and Religion

Reading: (Choose one of the following options):

A) Cunliffe, The Celts, pp. 1-18 and 56-91

B) Cunliffe, The Celts, pp. 1-18 and 111-147

C) Green, The Celtic World, pp. 1-7 and any three other chapters (see particularly 23-26)

Both Cunliffe, The Celts, and Green, The Celtic World, are on RESERVE

Thursday 11/17: Folklore and Superstitions

Reading:

Everyone read Archeology and Folklore - introduction (Available as a PDF on the main courses page).

C) Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love, chap. 1-15, pp. 2-35 and Margery Kempe, Book of Margery Kempe, Excerpts at Luminarium; But also check out the full text at the TEAMS website - it's in middle English.

Listen to the "Chant and Liturgy" and the "Secular Song and Dance" Playlists under playlists for Medieval Studies

(In the "Chant and LiturgyÃ¢â‚¬Â playlist):

Several examples of anonymous plainchant

plainchant: Viderunt Omnes

Leonin: Viderunt Omnes Ã¢â‚¬â€œ two part organum

Perotin: Viderunt Omnes Ã¢â‚¬â€œ four part organum

Plainchant: Pange Lingua

Song: Pange Lingua

Josquin, Motet: Pange Lingua

Several excerpts from works by Hildegard of Bingen

Machaut, Messe de Nostre Dame

(In the "Secular Song and Dance" Playlist):

Thursday 12/1: Court Drama and Nobles Behaving Badly

Reading:

Pick One Ruler (they're all related!): - Readings Coming...

Eleanor of Aquitaine:There is far too much written about Eleanor to pick a good excerpt. There are two biographies on RESERVE. Feel free to read a portion of either one along with this review of the more fantastic legends about her life.And of course, she has a Facebook page...

Berenguela of Castille:Salvador Martinez, Alfonso X, The Learned: A Biography, chap. 1. The chapter really is mostly about Berenguela.

EBRARY - must be looked up.

Edward II of England:Hamilton, Plantagenets: History of a Dynasty, chap. 3. (And perhaps enough of chap. 4 to find out about Isabella and Mortimer).

EBRARY - must be looked up.

Finally, THIS actually has all three of these people on it if you look hard enough (though Berenguela is given a different spelling - Berengaria).

Week 15:

Monday 12/5: Final words on MedievalismÃ¢â‚¬Â¦

Final Day of Class - Note! All essays that require final comments before the Thursday Portfolio Submission Deadline are due Today by class-time!

All remaining fourth papers for those not submitting a portfolio are due by Saturday at Midnight.